00:00 The Department of Health or DOH urged the public to get vaccinated as cases of
00:04 measles and pertussis or whooping cough increase. The DOH said its public
00:08 health emergency operations center is intensifying activities to contain the
00:13 measles outbreak through inoculation, micronutrient supplementation,
00:17 community engagement and risk communication. The agency aims to
00:20 vaccinate at least 90% of the high risk population, especially Children from
00:25 six months to 10 years of age in a bid to control measles. The public were
00:29 also reminded to get their free pentavalent diphtheria, pertussis and
00:33 tetanus, hepatitis B and haemophilus influenza type B and measles, mumps and
00:39 rubella vaccines at local health centers.
